| Lapse (lapse) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Lapse |
| [L. lapsus, fr.
labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide, to fall: cf. F.
laps. See Sleep.] |
A gliding,
slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress
or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to
figurative uses.
A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in
duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
The termination of a right or
privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or
through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right
or privilege.
A fall or
apostasy.
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To pass slowly and smoothly
downward, backward, or away] to slip downward, backward, or away; to
glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail
in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a
fault by inadvertence or mistake.
To fall
or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original
destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as
a patron, a legatee, etc.
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To
let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to
pass.
To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to
surprise or catch, as an offender.
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